Monday, February 21, 2011

Hola!Alright I'll be nice and write in English this time! :) ha ha yeah my Spanish skills aren't that good and well that is practically everyone I talked to this week! They have taken over Tucson! :) not really there are a few white people in the mix! This week as been rather long and well tough! I've been sick most of the week! We think it is the flu which is really taken its toll on alot of the people here in Tucson! it's brought us down hard! many in the hospital! crazy! anyway! it didn't stop us from working of course our determination and my stubborn head kept us moving! No new investigators this week and most of our investigators are either out of town or sick so we couldn't go and see them so we did alot of less active work and it seemed to pay off this week! we had a full sacrament meeting for the first time in well I can remember! It was great to have! typically we have about 20 members there this last week we had well over that upwards of about 30-35 even with all the sickness! it has been a crazy great week and full of lost of surprises! We had a Zone Training this week on Wednesday! It is like a mini Zone Conference! They stressed the many ways we are going to double the number of baptisms in the mission by MAY! last month we baptized 64. but the overall average is about 60! so the goal is 120! it's gonna take alot of hard work but well worth it! :) Lots of nuts and bolts that are being tightened in the mission! We also went to a YSA (young single adult) activity this week to help interpret! it was way fun! Saw the Loftfield's there. that is Stevie's parents! Kyle Gerratt's wife's parents! was cool to see someone I know! :) it was great information about strengthening relationships and receiving revelation! :P Then last night we went to a deaf fireside at the coolest deaf couples house! it was a deaf institute fireside about relationships and how to strengthen them! hmmm maybe they have a problem with relationships recently! or we are supposed to get the hint! hmm cool! any way! hope all is well! love you all!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

It's been a pretty rough week this week! It has been pretty slow work! Most of our Investigators have been out of town or really busy (so they say!) We have been going crazy in trying to find deaf people! setting appointments and doing our best to stay as busy as we can! the Lord Has truly blessed us this week In allowing us to teach a Baptist Preacher! it has been truly amazing to see the differences of someone who is really looking to and really researching the church. She has been comparing the book of mormon and the bible side by side for the last 4 or 5 days! well since thursday she has been and has read almost 1/2 of the Book of Mormon!! it is truly crazy!! She is awesome but she won't accept a baptism date! she thinks that the ones we have given her are too soon But we will continue to extend until she accepts! We have set some pretty high goals and expectations and are looking to achieve those goals and expectations! The Lord will help us as we do our best and strive to Listen to what he is telling us!! The work here is great! The president keeps telling us that he doesn't know what we are doing, but to keep it up and we will see and reap the benefits! The deaf are just a little bit slow to understand, but it will all pay off in the end! He that asketh, recieveth. He that Seeketh, findeth. He that knocks, it shall be opened unto.Continue in faith and nothing shall fail!!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Alright so the week in review! it's been another crazy and cold week here in Tucson! That is right! San Fran has been warmer over the last few week than it has been here! nuts! anyway! The work is going great here! Found a new investigator this week and set a date for him to be baptised on march 12th so we will see how that goes! he is looking forward to church next week and so aren't we! we have 3 expected at church next week and it is only Monday! :) this week is going to be awesome! We have been working real hard this week and well our efforts have been great! We met with President this morning to discuss Communication between leaders! crazy I must say, but Neither of us can hear on the phone that we have and well quite frankly we really didn't get anywhere with it! It is kind of difficult to change his mind after he already has it set. We are educating him alot recently! The Lord has blessed us with a great president and he is learning the ropes pretty fast! :) He really hasn't dealt too much with deaf missionaries so it is kind of different and especially 2 deaf missionaries! My new companion is Awesome! Elder Andrew Bradley. He has been learning sign now for a little over 13 weeks and well it is amazing to see how much he knows and understands! He is doing great and before you know it he will be taking over~! ahh!!! Time is flying by so fast here it is incredible! I can't believe it is already February! It is starting to warm up today 65 outside today, but it is still a little cold! the apartment is about 80 :) Elder Bradley doesn't really like it but i've been slowly and I mean slowly turning it down! It is about well hmm down to 78 and i've been working on that for about 2 weeks! i'm a wimp! haha! any way the work is going great! Hope all is going great!! Love you all! Have an awesome week! :)

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Alrighty so off for the week! this week has been pretty dead week! not a whole lot, but Elder Bradley, my new companion is awesome! Transfers was this week as you can tell since it is tuesday emailing day! We dropped Elder Bohman off at the transfer site this morning at 7 am and have been running like a chicken with our heads cut off since!! It was a great week all in all! The Lord has been truly blessing us and me personally! Elder Bradley has been Learning sign now for about 11-12 weeks and his skills far exceed Elder Bohman's skills! He is amazing and is very pumped about doing missionary work! we have been doing alot of service recently and it has been getting in the way of the work a little but it will be put to a halt and back to the real missionary work this week!! We are to begin the hardcore work this week!!!It has been an awesome week just a little slow on the numbers and sometimes that can be stressful, but just know that this next week will bring about a more productive week! :) yeah!attached are pictures well a few from our recent excursions to the temple and of our three some!Love you all!! hope your week is as fantastic as ours will be! :)